Kure-nai (Japanese: 紅, "Crimson") is a Japanese light novel series by Kentarō Katayama, with illustrations by Yamato Yamamoto. A manga adaptation started serialization in the first issue of Jump Square magazine and had its last chapter published in the June 2012 issue.[1] An anime adaptation by Brain's Base aired in Japan from April 3, 2008, to June 19, 2008.
Kure-nai | |
紅 | |
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Light novel | |
Written by | Kentarō Katayama |
Illustrated by | Yamato Yamamoto |
Published by | Shueisha |
Imprint | Super Dash Bunko |
Demographic | Male |
Original run | December 2005 – April 2008 |
Volumes | 4 |
Manga | |
Written by | Kentarō Katayama |
Illustrated by | Yamato Yamamoto |
Published by | Shueisha |
Imprint | Jump Comics SQ. |
Magazine | Jump Square |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | November 2, 2007 – June 4, 2012 |
Volumes | 10 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by |
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Produced by |
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Written by | Kō Matsuo |
Music by | Ken Muramatsu |
Studio | Brain's Base |
Licensed by | |
Original network | CTC, tvk, TV Saitama, TVO, TV Aichi |
Original run | April 3, 2008 – June 19, 2008 |
Episodes | 12 |
Original video animation | |
Directed by | Kō Matsuo |
Produced by |
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Written by | Kō Matsuo |
Music by | Ken Muramatsu |
Studio | Brain's Base |
Released | July 2, 2010 – December 3, 2010 |
Runtime | 29 minutes |
Episodes | 2 |
Orphaned sixteen-year-old high school student Shinkurō Kurenai, a specialist in settling squabbles between people, is one day approached by his employer Benika Jūzawa with the seven-year-old daughter of a powerful plutocratic family asking him to be the child's bodyguard.
No. | Title | Release date | ISBN |
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01 | Kure-nai 紅 | December 20, 2005[2] | 4-08-630272-1 |
02 | Kure-nai ~Guillotine~ 紅 ~ギロチン~ | July 25, 2006[3] | 4-08-630290-X |
03 | Kure-nai ~Shuuakusai~ (Part 1) 紅 ~醜悪祭~(上) | November 22, 2007[4] | 978-4-08-630342-2 |
04 | Kure-nai ~Shuuakusai~ (Part 2) 紅 ~醜悪祭~(下) | 25 April 2008[5] | 978-4-08-630416-0 |
A manga adaption is running in Jump Square magazine, with art by Yamato Yamamoto, the original illustrator of the novels. As of August 2012, ten manga volumes have been released.
No. | Release date | ISBN |
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1 | June 4, 2008[6] | 978-4-08-874509-1 |
2 | November 4, 2008[7] | 978-4-08-874598-5 |
3 | May 1, 2009[8] | 978-4-08-874671-5 |
4 | December 4, 2009[9] | 978-4-08-874771-2 |
5 | July 2, 2010[10] | 978-4-08-870040-3 |
6 | December 3, 2010[11] | 978-4-08-870155-4 |
7 | June 3, 2011[12] | 978-4-08-870242-1 |
8 | November 4, 2011[13] | 978-4-08-870338-1 |
9 | March 2, 2012[14] | 978-4-08-870393-0 |
10 | August 3, 2012[15] | 978-4-08-870486-9 |
An anime adaption was broadcast in Japan from April 3, 2008, to June 19, 2008. It is written and directed by Kō Matsuo. The anime version is different from the novel and manga in that the anime takes a more dramatic approach with a slice of life feel. The anime has been licensed by Sentai Filmworks, who will release the series on subtitled-only DVD.[16]
A half-hour original animated DVD with three short stories was released together with the fifth volume manga on July 2, 2010. It is directed by Kō Matsuo. The designs of the characters as well as plot are based on the original novel and manga continuity (following the character designs from Yamato Yamamoto) rather than the anime adaption. A second OAD was released together with the sixth volume manga on December 3, 2010, with three more short stories based from the original novel and manga.[17]